Jubilee Church

To build a church on difficult sloping terrain was a truly challenging task but the architects M. Kühne and H. Fanta together with builder A. Hübner managed to find a solution. The construction started in 1908 – just in time for the celebrations of sixty years of the rule of Emperor Franz Joseph I – and therefore the church was named Jubilee. The works finished in 1911 and because the Capuchin order from Tyrol took it over, a small monastery was also added to the building. Mainly the appearance of the church is unconventional as it is in the Neo-Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements.

Defrauded building

During socialism, the monastery served as a nursery school, while the church was used as a warehouse, a depository, and later a villa, until it was finally completely abandoned and fell into disrepair. In 2011, the church was acquired by Iberus and five years later GEPO began work to renovate it, to be funded by EU subsidies. However, due to suspicions of fraud, the refurbishment was never completed and the building is now closed.

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene, according to the New Testament, was one of the women who accompanied Jesus of Nazareth, especially towards the end of his life. She also appears in some apocrypha and is venerated as a saint in a number of Christian churches.